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AICF-AAI Chess Cup
20th to 30th December 2012 , New Delhi, India
Double round robin tournament
Average rating: 2684
Korobov (UKR) won with 6.5 pts
Final round - Round 10
Negi Parimarjan - Gupta Abhijeet : 0.5 - 0.5
Alekseev Evgeny - Sasikiran Krishnan : 0.5 - 0.5
Wojtaszek Radoslaw - Korobov Anton : 0 - 1
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36th Zurich Christmas Open
26th - 30th December, 2012
Zurich, Switzerland.
133 players
7 rounds of Swiss system.
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Vajda, Levente |
RUM | 6 |
| 2- |
Bartel, Mateusz |
POL | 5.5 |
| 3- |
Melkumyan, Hrant |
ARM | 5.5 |
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World Cities Team Champ.
21st - 28th December , 2012 ,
Al -Ain, UAE
24 World city teams
Hoogeveen (NED) are World Cities Team Champion after beating Tashkent: 2.5 - 1.5
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Makita women chess match
16th-22nd December, 2012
Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto , Indonesia
| Blitz | Rapid | Classical | Total |
| Indonesia | 1 | 10 | 9.5 | 20.5 |
| France | 3 | 6 | 6.5 | 15.5 |
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World Mind Games - Chess
14th - 19th December, 2012
Beijing , China
16 men, 16 women players
Rapid, Blitz, Blindfold and Pair games
*** Blindfold Chess ***
18th-19th Dec
Aronian, Levon ( ARM ) won the bllindfold chess tournament.
Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Aronian, Levon |
ARM | 5.5 |
| 2- |
Leko, Peter |
HUN | 5 |
| 3- |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
AZE | 4.5 |
| 4- |
Kamsky Gata |
USA | 4.5 |
*** Blitz Chess ***
16th-17th Dec: Blitz
Karjakin Sergey ( RUS ) won the blitz chess tournament.
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Karjakin Sergey |
RUS | 12.5 |
| 2- |
Nakamura Hikaru |
USA | 11 |
| 3- |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
AZE | 9 |
| 4- |
Aronian Levon |
ARM | 9 |
| 5- |
Fressinet Laurent |
FRA | 9 |
*** Rapid Chess ***
14th-15th Dec: Rapid
Fressinet Laurent ( FRA ) won the rapid chess tournament.
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Fressinet Laurent |
FRA | 5.5 |
| 2- |
Nakamura Hikaru |
USA | 5.5 |
| 3- |
Grischuk Alexander |
RUS | 4.5 |
| 4- |
Ding Liren |
CHN | 4.5 |
| 5- |
Morozevich Alexander |
RUS | 4 |
| 6- |
Radjabov Teimour |
AZE | 4 |
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Snowdrops vs Oldhands
8th - 16th December, 2012
Podebrady , Czech Rep.
2 round scheveningen match of two four-members teams.
Time control : 90 minutes per 40 moves + 30 minutes till the end, increment 30 seconds per move
Oldhands :Legendary grandmasters: Wolfgang Uhlmann, Fridrik Olafsson, Oleg Romanishin and Vlastimil Hort
Snowdrops: New generation of women grandmasters: Valentina Gunina, Tania Sachdev, Alina Kashlinskaja and Kristyna Havlikova
Final :Oldhands - Snowdrops : 17 - 15
Individual results:
Snowdrops
Valentina Gunina 3.5 points
Tania Sachdev 6
Alina Kashlinskaya 3.5
Kristyna Havlíková 2
Oldhands
Fridrik Olafsson 4
Wolfgang Uhlmann 4
Vlastimil Hort 4.5
Oleg Romanishin 4.5
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European Blitz Chess Championship 2012
14th December, 2012
Warszawa , Poland
435 players
Final standings
1- Vachier-lagrave, Maxime, FRA , 18.5 pts
2- Sargissian, Gabriel , ARM , 2666 17.5
3- Tkachiev, Vladislav , FRA , 2647 17.0
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London Chess Classic 2012
1st - 10th December , 2012, London, UK
Average rating : 2751
Round robin system
Carlsen won the tournament with 18 pts.
Final Round ( 9 )
Mickey Adams - Vladimir Kramnik : 0.5 - 0.5
Judit Polgar - Levon Aronian : 0.5 - 0.5
Hikaru Nakamura - Luke McShane: 1 - 0
Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand : 0.5 - 0.5
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Russian cup
4th - 11th December, 2012
Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia
Knock out system
Sochko won the Russian cup.
Final - men
10 Dec : B.Sochko - D.Hismatullin: 1 - 0
11 Dec. : D.Hismatullin - B.Sochko: 0.5 - 0.5
Semi finals - men
B.Sochko - D.Yakovenko: 2.5 - 1.5
D.Bocharov - D.Hismatullin: 0.5 - 1.5
Quarter finals - men
Players in bold go on to the next round.
D.Yakovenko - I.Lysy : 3 - 2
B.Sochko - I.Hayrullin : 1.5 - 0.5
D.Hismatullin - D.Kokarev : 2 - 0
D.Bocharov - P.Maletin : 2.5 - 2.5
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FIDE Grand Prix - Tashkent 2012
21st November - 4th December, 2012
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Round robin system
12 players
Final round - 11
Dominguez Perez Leinier - Kamsky Gata : 1 - 0
Karjakin Sergey - Ponomariov Ruslan : 1 - 0
Wang Hao - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 1 - 0
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Gelfand Boris : 0.5 - 0.5
Leko Peter - Caruana Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Svidler Peter -Morozevich Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
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Women's world chess championship 2012
9 th November - 3rd December
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
64 players
Knock out system
Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) became the new World Champion.
Final score: Ushenina - Stefanova: 3.5 - 2.5
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Vasylyshyn Memorial 2012
20th - 28th November
Lyiv, Ukraine
10 players
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Vysochin,Spartak |
UKR | 7.5 |
| 2- |
Vovk,Yuri |
UKR | 6.5 |
| 3- |
Zakhartsov,Viacheslav V. |
RUS | 6 |
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Cup of Sberbank
16th - 18th November, 2012
Novosibirsk, Russia
Rapid chess tournament
Round robin
11 players
Time control: 15 minutes per game plus 10 seconds per move starting from the first move,
Rublevsky won with 6.5 points.
Final Standings
1- Rublevsky 6.5
2-3 Bocharov & Yakovenko 6
4-5 Malakhov & Nepomniachtchi 5.5
6 Bareev 5
7-9 Sjugirov Andreikin Smirnov 4.5
10 Inarkiev 4
11 Maletin 3
Participants:
European Champion Dmitry Yakovenko (rapid chess rating 2714),
Champion of Russia Dmitry Andreikin (2723),
World champion in 2010 in the national team, Vladimir Malakhov (2716),
Former Russian champion and European champion in 2010 , Jan Nepomniachtchi (2761),
Two-time Russian champion Sergei Rublevsky (2688),
A multiple winner of the Olympics, team World and European Championships in the national team Bareev (2663),
Russia's leading young chess players Inarkiev Ernesto (2640),
Sanan Sjugirov (2670) ,
Best GMs Siberia Dmitry Bocharov (2514),
Pavel Smirnov (2625)
Pavel Maletin (2621)
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Capablanca Memorial
20th April - 1st May, La Havana, Cuba
6 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2688
Players
Dmitry Andreikin ( RUS ) 2727
Inarkiev Ernesto ( RUS ) 2688
Harikrishna Pentala ( IND ) 2705
Almasi Zoltan ( HUN ) 2689
Leinier Dominguez ( CUB ) 2723
Yuniesky Quesada ( CUB ) 2596
Round 2
Leinier Dominguez Perez - Ernesto Inarkiev : 0.5 - 0.5
Pentala Harikrishna - Dmitry Andreikin : 0.5 - 0.5
Yuniesky Quesada - Perez Zoltan Almasi : 0.5 - 0.5
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Kings chess tournament
7th - 13th November,
Bucharest, Romania
4 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2747
Ivanchuk won playoff , Ivanchuk - Topalov: 1.5 - 0.5
Game 2: Ivanchuk - Topalov: ½-½ ( King's Indian )
Game 1: Topalov - Ivanchuk: 0 - 1 ( English Symmetrical )
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CECLUB Spanish club chess championship - Division de Honor
5th - 11th November ,
Leon, Spain
8 teams
Round robin
Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, 30 minutes for the rest of the game, and
increment of 30 sec/move starting on move 1.
Sestao Naturgas Energia won the tournament with 13 points.
Final Round ( 7 ):
Sestao Naturgas Energia - C.E. Barcelona Uga: 4 - 2
Linex-Magic Extremadura - C.A. Solvay: 1½ - 4½
C.A. Reverté Albox - Gros Xake-Taldea: 3½ - 2½
Equigoma Casa Social Catolica - C.E. Foment Martinenc: 3 - 3
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Italian championship
30th October - 10th November, 2012
Torino, Italy
Round robin tournament
Average rating : 2475
David won with 8.5 pts.
Final round - 11
Axel Rombaldoni - Danyyil Dvirnyy: 0 - 1
Simone De Filomeno - Carlos H. Garcia Palermo: 0 - 1
Denis Rombaldoni - Daniele Genocchio: 1 - 0
Nicola Altini - Michele Godena : ½-½
Alberto David - Guido Caprio : ½-½
Sabino Brunello - Fabio Bellin : ½-½
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Chigorin Memorial 2012
Classic tournament:
27th October - 4th November
St. Petersburg, Russia
350 players
9 rounds, Swiss system
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 seconds increment per move from move 1.
Areshchenko ( UKR ) won the tournament due to better tie-break points ( Buchholz: Areshchenko 41 , Socko: 39.5 ) .
Final round
Aleksey Goganov - Krishnan Sasikiran 0-1
Alexander Areshchenko - Aleksandr Lenderman 1-0
Anton Demchenko - Boris Grachev ½-½
Anton Kovalyov - Vladimir Akopian 0-1
Artyom Timofeev - Daniil Lintchevski ½-½
Bartosz Socko - Ilia Smirin 1-0
Boris Savchenko - Nikita Vitiugov 1-0
Denis Khismatullin - Sergey Grigoriants ½-½
Ivan Popov - Rinat Jumabayev 0-1
Mateusz Bartel - Avetik Grigoryan 1-0
Parimarjan Negi - Vladimir Burmakin ½-½
Pavel Eljanov - Aleksandr Shimanov ½-½
Chigorin Rapid tournament :
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Khismatullin, Denis |
RUS | 8 |
| 2- |
Demchenko, Anton |
CHN | 7 |
| 3- |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
RUS | 7 |
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Andreikin vs Nepomniachtchi
30th October - 10th November, 2012
Moscow-, Russia
6 Friendly matches
Time control: 90 mn/ 40 moves + 30 mn + 30 seconds increment from the 1st move
Final game 6: Andreikin, Dmitry - Nepomniachtchi, Ian : ½-½ ( Modern defence )
| Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Andreikin Dmitry (2718) | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Nepomniachtchi Ian (2704) | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
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Trophee Anatoly Karpov 2012
26th October - 3rd November, 2012
Cap d'Agde ,France
Time control: 25 minutes + 10 sec/moves
Knockout phase
Final
Anatoly Karpov - Vasily Ivanchuk: 4,5 - 3,5
Semi final:
Anatoly Karpov (2616) - Romain Edouard (2664): 1.5 - 0.5
Edouard - Karpov : 1/2-1/2
Karpov - Edouard : 1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk (2771) - Wenjun Ju (2498): 2 - 0
Ju - Ivanchuk: 0-1
Ivanchuk - Ju: 1-0
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Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona chess tournament 2012
23th - 31st October , Barcelona , Spain
10 players
Average rating: 2578
time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes +
30 seconds increment per move remaining.
Sjugirov ( RUS ) won the tournament with 7 points.
Final round ( 9 )
Quesada Perez Yuniesky - Munoz Pantoja Miguel : ½-½
Alonso Rosell Alvar - Fluvia Poyatos Joan : ½-½
Sjugirov Sanan - Sokolov Ivan : ½-½
Aroshidze Levan - Nielsen Peter Heine : ½-½
Nikolic Pedrag - Oms Pallisse Josep : 1-0
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Univé chess tournament 2012
21st - 27th October, Hoogeveen , The Netherlands
Crown group: 4 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2687
Open Unive October 19 - 27 : 78 players
Nakamura won the tournament with 4.5 points.
Final Round ( 6 ):
Giri, Anish - Hou, Yifan : ½-½
Nakamura, Hikaru - Tiviakov, Sergei : 1-0
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Spice Cup
12th - 21st October,
St.Louis , USA
Spice Cup Invitational 6 players
Double round robin
Vachier-Lagrave won with 6 pts.
Final round ( 10 )
Balogh - Ding Liren ½-½
Maxime Vachier-lagrave- Georg Meier ½-½
Wesley So - Quang Liem Le ½-½
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime |
FRA | 6 |
| 2- |
Ding,Liren |
CHN | 5.5 |
| 3- |
Le, Quang Liem |
VIE | 5.5 |
| 4- |
So, Wesley |
PHI | 5 |
| 5- |
Balogh, Csaba |
HUN | 4 |
| 6- |
Meier, Georg |
GER | 4 |
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European Club Cup
28th European Club Cup for Men and the 17th European Club Cup for Women
10th - 18th October , 2012
Eilat, Israel
7 rounds, Swiss system
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of
30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
34 teams in men, 7 teams in women section
SOCAR Azerbaijan won the tournament according to the better tiebreak point.
Team-Composition of SOCAR Azerbaijan
1 Radjabov Teimour 4 points
2 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 3
3 Topalov Veselin 4.5
4 Grischuk Alexander 4.5
5 Kamsky Gata 6
6 Sutovsky Emil 4
7 Safarli Eltaj 3
8 Guseinov Gadir 3
Open round 7
Tomsk-400 - SOCAR Azerbaijan 1 - 5
Ashdod - Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation 2 - 4
SHSM-64 - Gros Xake Taldea 4½ - 1½
Economist-SGSEU Saratov - Vesnianka Gran 4½ - 1½
Ugra - G-Team Novy Bor 3½ - 2½
OSG Baden-Baden e.V. - Tammer-Shakki 5½ - ½
Siroki Brijeg - White Rose 5½ - ½
Schachgesellschaft Zürich - Beer Sheba 2½ - 3½
Hapoel Kfar Saba - Obiettive Risarcimento 1½ - 4½
Rishon Le-Zion - Team Viking 5 - 1
Eynatten - Petach Tikva 3½ - 2½
Perfect - Ladia Minsk 2½ - 3½
Gambit Aseko-See - Amay 2 - 4
Oslo Schakselskap - Jutes of Kent 2½ - 3½
Chess Club Expik - De Stukkenjagers 2½ - 3½
Club d'Echecs Genève - Soss 4½ - 1½
Shakkivelhot - C.E. de Monte Carlo 3 - 3
Open tournament Final Standings top 5
| Rank |
Teams | Points | Tie break |
| 1- |
SOCAR Azerbaijan |
12 | 673.8 |
| 2- |
Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation |
12 | 665.5 |
| 3- |
SHSM-64 |
11 | 590.5 |
| 4- |
Economist-SGSEU Saratov |
10 | 653 |
| 5- |
Ugra |
10 | 607.3 |
Women tournament Final Standings top 3
| Rank |
Teams | Points |
| 1- |
Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo |
14 |
| 2- |
Mika |
10 |
| 3- |
Ugra |
9 |
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Bilbao Chess Masters Final 2012
September 24 - 29 , 2012 , Sao Paulo
October 8 - 13 , 2012 , Bilbao
Average rating: 2781
Bilbao stage
Carlsen won the tournament after beating Caruana in the blitz playoff: 2 - 0
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World Chess Solving Championship 2012
Kobe,Japan
2 official solving events: an Open tourney and the World Solving Championship. From chessbase.com
Open: 12 problems to solve in three hours: Mate in two; Mate in three; Mate in n (‘moremovers’); Endgame studies; Helpmates; Selfmates.
Final standings:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Ofer Comay |
ISR | 50.5 |
| 2- |
Martynas Limontas |
LTU | 49 |
| 3- |
Marjan Kovacevic |
SRB | 47 |
| 4- |
Kacper Piorun |
POL | 47 |
World Chess Solving Championship : two-movers 20 minutes; three-movers 60 minutes; studies 100 minutes; helpmates 50 minutes; moremovers 80 minutes; selfmates 50 minutes.
Teams of 2 or 3 solvers ( if three, the team score in each round is the best two scores.)
Final standings:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Poland |
POL | 155 |
| 2- |
Germany |
GER | 144.5 |
| 3- |
Russia |
RUS | 136.5 |
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World Chess Solving Championship 2012
Kobe,Japan
2 official solving events: an Open tourney and the World Solving Championship. From chessbase.com
Open: 12 problems to solve in three hours: Mate in two; Mate in three; Mate in n (‘moremovers’); Endgame studies; Helpmates; Selfmates.
Final standings:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Ofer Comay |
ISR | 50.5 |
| 2- |
Martynas Limontas |
LTU | 49 |
| 3- |
Marjan Kovacevic |
SRB | 47 |
| 4- |
Kacper Piorun |
POL | 47 |
World Chess Solving Championship : two-movers 20 minutes; three-movers 60 minutes; studies 100 minutes; helpmates 50 minutes; moremovers 80 minutes; selfmates 50 minutes.
Teams of 2 or 3 solvers ( if three, the team score in each round is the best two scores.)
Final standings:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Poland |
POL | 155 |
| 2- |
Germany |
GER | 144.5 |
| 3- |
Russia |
RUS | 136.5 |
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FIDE Grand Prix - London 2012
September 20 - October 4, 2012
London, UK
Round robin system
12 players
This is the 1st of FIDE Grand Prix series 2012/2013. ( Total 6 tournaments )
Three winners in the first Grand Prix in London: Topalov Veselin, Gelfand Boris & Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
Final Round ( 11 )
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar - Leko Peter : ½-½
Ivanchuk Vassily - Wang Hao : ½-½
Adams Michael - Dominguez Perez Leinier : ½-½
Giri Anish - Topalov Veselin : 0-1
Grischuk Alexander - Nakamura Hikaru : ½-½
Gelfand Boris - Kasimdzhanov Rustam : 1-0
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Women's Grand Prix Ankara
September 15 - 29, 2012
Ankara, Turkey
Round robin system
12 players
Turkiye Is Bankasi FIDE Women's Grand Prix Ankara :
This is the 6th and the last tournament of FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2011/2012.
Koneru won the 6th stage of the grand-prix in Ankara but Hou Yifan is the winner of the overall Grand Prix series 2011-12.
Final Round ( 11 )
Zhao Xue - Kosintseva Tatiana : ½-½
Stefanova Antoaneta - Yildiz Betul Cemre: 1-0
Koneru Humpy - Socko Monika: 1-0
Cmilyte Viktorija - Ozturk Kubra: 1-0
Ruan Lufei - Muzychuk Anna : ½-½
Ju Wenjun - Munguntuul Batkhuyag: 0-1
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13th Karpov Poikovsky chess tournament
27th September - 4th October , 2012
Poikovsky
round robin tournament
10 players
Final Round ( 9 )
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 : 1-0
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Onischuk, Alexander : ½-½
Wang, Yue - Jakovenko, Dmitry : ½-½
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Motylev, Alexander : ½-½
Bologan, Viktor - Short, Nigel D : ½-½
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Black sea chess tournament
September 12 - 19, 2012
Burgas, Bulgaria
Double round robin
6 players
Average rating: 2679
Cheparinov (BUL) won with 7 pts.
Final round ( 10 ) :
Areshchenko Alexander - Atalik Suat : ½-½
Jobava Baadur - Cheparinov Ivan : ½-½
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter - Malakhov Vladimir : 1-0
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St Petersburg Rapid Cup Final 2012
5th - 7 th October , 2012
St Petersburg , Russia
Rapid tournament
time control: 15 mn + 10 sec / move
12 players
Dominguez won the tournament after beating Svidler on tie-break: 4.5 - 1,5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
CUB | 7.5 |
| 2- |
Svidler, Peter |
RUS | 7.5 |
| 3- |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
RUS | 7 |
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Livigno 2012
September 10 - 17, 2012
Livigno, Italy
Swiss system
9 rounds
Average rating: 2339
Final Standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break * |
| 1- |
David Alberto |
ITA | 6.5 | 50.5 |
| 2- |
Jovanic Ognjen |
CRO | 6.5 | 50 |
| 3- |
Zinchenko Yaroslav |
UKR | 6.5 | 45 |
Official site
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Chess Olympiad 2012 Istanbul
August 27 - September 10, 2012
Istanbul, Turkey
Teams : 4 players, 1 reserve
The time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes until the end of the game,
with 30 seconds additional time per move,
starting from move 1, per player.
Armenia won gold medal. Russia got the same match point but they got silver medal because of the weaker tie-breaks
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BDO premier chess tournament
August 25 - September 2, 2012
Haarlem, Netherlands
Round robin
10 players
Zherebukh (UKR) won with 7 pts
Final Round ( 9 ) :
Dambacher, Martijn - Kuzmicz, Krystian : 0-1
Vaibhav, Suri - Swinkels, Robin : ½-½
Klein, David - Zherebukh, Yaroslav : ½-½
De Jager, Jaap - Nijboer, Friso : 0-1
Donchenko, Alexander - Burg, Twan : ½-½
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Botvinnik Memorial
August 25 - September 2, 2012
St. Petersburg, Russia
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 seconds increment per move from move 1.
114 players
Final Standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break * |
| 1- |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
UKR | 7 | 55.5 |
| 2- |
Popov Valerij |
RUS | 7 | 52.5 |
| 3- |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
RUS | 7 | 51.5 |
Tie Break1: Buchholz
Players whose ratings are over 2600:
1 Areshchenko, Alexander 2691 UKR
2 Inarkiev, Ernesto 2683 RUS
3 Tiviakov, Sergey 2674 NED
4 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2671 RUS
5 Matlakov, Maxim 2663 RUS
6 Timofeev, Artyom 2639 RUS
7 Khismatullin, Denis 2636 RUS
8 Khairullin, Ildar 2633 RUS
9 Lysyj, Igor 2624 RUS
10 Khalifman, Alexander 2621 RUS
11 Hovhanissyan, Robert 2612 ARM
12 Demchenko, Anton 2603 RUS
13 Andriasian, Zaven 2600 ARM
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French chess championship
August 13 - 24, 2012
Pau, France
11 rounds
Round robin
three-way tie with : Etienne Bacrot, Romain Edouard and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on Saturday.
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Garry Kasparov arrested in Moscow
Photo from Human Rights Foundation
HRF chairman Garry Kasparov was arrested and beaten by police today outside the courthouse in Moscow where three members of the punk rock group Pussy Riot were convicted of "hooliganism" and sentenced to two years in prison.
According to Human Rights Foundation Kasparov was outside the courthouse intending to attend the trial, standing calmly and speaking with journalists. Kasparov was not protesting, but police cornered him and violently dragged him into a waiting police van where he was further assaulted, as this photograph shows. Kasparov spoke via phone from a police station after his arrest and stated that it appears the police are waiting for orders from above.
Garry Kasparov has been released, but the police are seriously pursuing the charge that he bit a police officer.
The police have confirmed that an officer has been bitten by Kasparov. The officer suffered injuries on the left hand that have been certified by the medical staff. Now the local Interior Department is preparing papers against Garry Kasparov, supposedly for aggression against the police.
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Russian Chess Championship Super Final
August 3-13, 2012
Moscow , Russia,
10 players for each , Men & Women,
Round robin
Super Final - Men
Andreikin won the Russian Championship after the playoff matches. Rapid games with the time control 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.
Playoff standings
1- Dmitry Andreikin 4 points
2- Sergey Karjakin 3.5
3- Peter Svidler 3
4- Dmitry Jakovenko 2.5
5- Vladimir Potkin 1.5
6- Evgeni Alekseev 0.5
Super Final - Women
Pogonina won the tournament with 6.5 points.
Final Round ( 9 )
Kovanova - Pogonina : ½ - ½
Girya - Gunina : ½ - ½
Kosintseva T - Charochkina : 0 - 1
Kosintseva N - Galliamova : 1 - 0
Ubiennykh - Ovod : 1 - 0
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CEG vs Legends
August 4 - 10, 2012
Geneva, Switzerland
5 players of Geneva Chess Club against 5 candidates of the former World chess championships
Legends
GM Kevin Spraggett CAN 2595
GM Ulf Andersson SWE 2569
GM Viktor Korchnoi SUI 2519
GM Zoltan Ribli HON 2561
GM Vlastimil Hort GER 2475
Geneva Chess Club: Le Club d’Echecs de Genève ( CEG )
IM Richard Gerber SUI 2408
IM Alexandre DomontSUI 2361
FMBastien Dubessay FRA 2350
IM Alexandre Vuilleumier SUI 2332
- Lars Rindlisbacher SUI 2304
Aggregate score: Legends - CEG: 33 - 17
Standings
1) Viktor Korchnoi 7
2) Kevin Spraggett 7
3) Zoltan Ribli 7
4) Ulf Andersson 6,5
5) Vlastimil Hort 5,5
6) Richard Gerber 4,5
7) Rindlisbacher 4
8) Bastien Dubessay 3
9) Alexandre Domont 3
10) Alexandre Vuilleumier 2,5
Round 10: CEG - Legends: 1.5 - 3.5
Round 9: CEG - Legends: 2 - 3
Round 8: CEG - Legends: 0.5 - 4.5
Round 7: CEG - Legends: 2 - 3
Round 6: CEG - Legends: 1.5 - 3.5
Round 5: CEG - Legends: 1 - 4
Round 4: CEG - Legends: 1.5 - 3.5
Round 3: CEG - Legends: 3.5 - 1.5
Round 2: CEG - Legends: 2.5 - 2.5
Round 1: CEG - Legends: 1 - 4
Official site
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Ukrainian chess championship
July 26 - August 8, 2012
Kiev, Ukraine
12 players
Average rating: 2667
11 rounds
Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes with
30 sec. increment after each move from the first.
Korobov won with 8 points.
Final round ( 11 )
Kuzubov - Zubov : 0 - 1
Volokitin - Areschenko : ½ - ½
Eljanov - Miroshnichenko : ½ - ½
Moiseenko - Korobov : ½ - ½
Efimenko - Vovk : ½ - ½
Ponomariov - Fedorchuk : ½ - ½
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Politiken Cup 2012
July 28 - August 5, 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
10- rounds FIDE Swiss in nine days.
90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game +
30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
292 players
Final Standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break * |
| 1- |
Cheparinov Ivan |
BUL | 8 | 56.5 |
| 2- |
Sokolov Ivan |
NED | 8 | 55 |
| 3- |
Hector Jonny |
SWE | 8 | 54 |
Tie Break1: Buchholz
Official site
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British Championship
July 22 - August 4, 2012
North Shields
11 rounds
62 players
Gawain Jones beat Stephen Gordon in play-off and won British Champion title.
Final Standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Jones, Gawain C |
ENG | 9 |
| 2- |
Gordon, Stephen |
ENG | 9 |
| 3- |
Howell, David W |
ENG | 8.5 |
Official site
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45th Biel chess grandmasters tournament
Biel, Switzerland
Chess festival: July 21 - August 3, 2012
Festival consists Grandmaster Tournament,Master Tournament, Main Tournament,
Rapid, Blitz, chess960, Vinetum Youth, simultaneous, chess-tennis tournaments
Average rating: 2756
Games are scored 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss
Time control: 100'/40 moves + 50'/20 moves and 15' + 30'' from 1st move.
Draw offer forbidden before 30th move.
Morozevich has withdrawn from the tournament due to medical issues. He is replaced by Victor Bologan ( Moldova ) from Round 3.
Wang Hao ( CHN ) won with 19 points.
Final round (10)
Hikaru Nakamura - Victor Bologan: 1 - 0
Wang Hao - Anish Giri: 1 - 0
Magnus Carlsen - Etienne Bacrot : ½ - ½
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Andorra Open
July 21 - 29, 2012
La Massana
9 rounds
90 minutes / 40 moves and 30 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move
146 players
Final Standings , top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break * |
| 1- |
Hammer Jon Ludvig |
BUL | 7 | 2699 |
| 2- |
Georgiev Kiril |
BLR | 7 | 2695 |
| 3- |
Illescas Cordoba Miguel |
DEN | 7 | 2601 |
| 4- |
Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis g |
ENG | 7 | 2559 |
Tie break: performance: Average rating of the played opponents.
Official site
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Jermuk Fide Women Grand-Prix
July 16 - 29, 2012
Jermuk, Armenia
Round robin system
12 players
This is the 5th tournament of FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2011/2012.
The FIDE Women Grand Prix is a series of 6 elite tournaments over two years
in various countries around the world with three tournaments every year.
Hou (CHN) won with 7 pts.
Final round (11)
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina - Zhao Xue : 1-0
Kosintseva Nadezhda - Ruan Lufei : 1-0
Lahno Kateryna - Hou Yifan : 1-0
Munguntuul Batkhuyag - Danielian Elina : ½-½
Mkrtchian Lilit - Khurtsidze Nino : 1-0
Ju Wenjun - Koneru Humpy : 0-1
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Dortmund 2012 Sparkassen chess tournament
July 13 - 22, 2012
Dortmund, Germany
Round robin tournament
Avg rating: 2711
Caruana (ITA) won with 6 pts.
Final round ( 9 ) :
Karjakin,Sergey - Gustafsson,Jan : 1 - 0
Kramnik,Vladimir - Meier,Georg : 1 - 0
Bartel,Mateusz - Caruana,Fabiano : 0 - 1
Naiditsch,Arkadi - Leko,Peter : ½ - ½
Ponomariov,Rusla - Fridman,Daniel : ½ - ½
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ACP Golden Classic
July 14 - 22, 2012
Science Park Amsterdam , Netherlands,
Round robin tournament
Average rating: 2705
Ivanchuk (UKR) won with 5 pts.
Final round ( 7 ):
Muzychuk, Anna - Ivanchuk, Vassily : 0-1
Jobava, Baadur - Gata Kamsky : 0-1
Le Quang, Liem - Sutovsky, Emil : ½-½
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Dutch championship 2012
July 15 - 21, 2012
Science Park Amsterdam , Netherlands,
Round robin tournament
Average rating: 2601
Giri is the champion for the third time.
Final round ( 7 ):
L'Ami, Erwin - Swinkels, Robin : 1-0
Van Kampen, Robin - Reinderman, Dimitri : ½-½
Smeets, Jan - Giri, Anish : ½-½
Sokolov, Ivan - Ernst, Sipke : 1-0
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Is Bankasi Turkish chess league
July 11-22 2012
Konya, Turkey
Rounds robin
14 teams
Players with the highest ELO:
Adams Michael 2728 , Polgar Judit 2709 , Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2690 ( Istanbul ISEK Aquamatch )
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2726 ( Besiktas JK )
Bologan Viktor 2716 , Inarkiev Ernesto 2707 ( Istanbul Teknik Universitesi )
Malakhov Vladimir 2712 ( Ceyhan Belediye )
Final standings
| Rank | Teams | Match points | Game points |
|---|
| 1- | Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu | 25 | 89 |
| 2- | Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Spor Kulubu | 22 | 81 |
| 3- | Ankara Gazi Universitesi Spor Kulubu | 18 | 73.5 |
| 4- | Antalya Calli Spor Kulubu | 16 | 74.5 |
| 5- | Istanbul Pera Spor Kulubu | 16 | 72.5 |
| 6- | Ceyhan Belediye Spor Kulubu | 13 | 69 |
| 7- | Denizli Er Bakir Spor ve Kultur Kulubu | 12 | 62 |
| 8- | Tarsus Zeka Satranc Spor Kulubu | 12 | 66 |
| 9- | Manisa T.S Alyans Spor Kulubu | 12 | 62.5 |
| 10- | Mersin Ezgi Satranc Kulubu | 12 | 59.5 |
| 11- | Istanbul ISEK Aquamatch Spor Kulubu | 10 | 61.5 |
| 12- | Adana Truva Satranc Spor Kulubu | 9 | 53.5 |
| 13- | Denizli Pamukkale Universitesi Spor Kulubu | 5 | 53.5 |
| 14- | Antalya Deniz Genclik Spor Kulubu | 0 | 27 |
Teams - Ratings:
1 Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 2432
2 Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Spor Kulubu 2422
3 Istanbul Pera Spor Kulubu 2396
4 Istanbul ISEK Aquamatch Spor Kulubu 2383
5 Manisa T.S Alyans Spor Kulubu 2362
6 Ankara Gazi Universitesi Spor Kulubu 2353
7 Antalya Calli Spor Kulubu 2351
8 Tarsus Zeka Satranc Spor Kulubu 2345
9 Ceyhan Belediye Spor Kulubu 2270
10 Denizli Pamukkale Universitesi Spor Kulubu 2213
11 Denizli Er Bakir Spor ve Kultur Kulubu 2209
12 Mersin Ezgi Satranc Kulubu 2180
13 Adana Truva Satranc Spor Kulubu 2112
14 Antalya Deniz Genclik Spor Kulubu 1949
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Dutch championship 2012
July 15 - 21, 2012
Science Park Amsterdam , Netherlands,
Round robin tournament
Average rating: 2601
Giri is the champion for the third time.
Final round ( 7 ):
L'Ami, Erwin - Swinkels, Robin : 1-0
Van Kampen, Robin - Reinderman, Dimitri : ½-½
Smeets, Jan - Giri, Anish : ½-½
Sokolov, Ivan - Ernst, Sipke : 1-0
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Scottish Championship & International Open
July 7 - 15, 2012
Glasgow, Scotland
116 players
Players whose ELO are over 2500
Ruck, Robert HUN 2569
Hera, Imre Jr. HUN 2568
Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2556
Sengupta, Deep IND 2548
Teterev, Vitaly BLR 2530
Hebden, Mark L ENG 2525
Barnaure, Vlad-Victor ROU 2511
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn ISL 2507
Aagaard, Jacob DEN 2506
Gormally, Daniel W ENG 2505
Final Standings , top 5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Nikolov, Momchil |
BUL | 7 |
| 2- |
Teterev, Vitaly |
BLR | 7 |
| 3- |
Aagaard, Jacob |
DEN | 7 |
| 4- |
Hawkins, Jonathan |
ENG | 7 |
| 5- |
Thorfinnsson, Bragi |
ISL | 7 |
All results
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Polugaevsky Memorial 2012
July 5 - 13, 2012
Samara , Russia
Average ELO: 2153
103 players
Final Standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break 1 | Tie break 1 |
| 1- |
Goganov Aleksey |
RUS | 7 | 50 | 36 |
| 2- |
Kovalenko Igor |
RUS | 7 | 50 | 35.5 |
| 3- |
Kabanov Nikolai |
RUS | 7 | 47.5 | 34,5 |
Tie Break1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks
Tie Break2: Fide Tie-Break
All results
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World Blitz Championship 2012
July 1-10, 2012
Astana, Kazakhstan.
16 players
Qualification rounds Blitz : July 4
Final Blitz: July 9-10
Grischuk is world blitz chess champion with 20 points.
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World Rapid Championship 2012
July 1-10, 2012
Astana, Kazakhstan.
16 players
Qualification rounds Rapid : July 2-3
Final Rapid: July 6-8
Karjakin is world rapid chess champion with 11.5 points.
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Russia vs China
July 2 - 6, 2012
St. Petersburg , Russia
Sheveningen system: Each player will play against the each players of the opponent team
5 players for each team
Classical + Rapid games
Final score of the classical games:
men:  Russia -  China: 13,5 - 11,5
women: Russia - China: 10,5 - 14,5
Final score of the rapid games
Men: Russia - China: 29 - 21
Women: Russia - China: 24,5 - 25,5
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Forni di Sopra International
June 16-23 2012
Forni di Sopra,Italy.
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
72 players
Final Standings , top 3, Open A
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Salgado Lopez Ivan |
ESP | 7 |
| 2- |
Tregubov Pavel V. |
RUS | 7 |
| 3- |
Korneev Oleg |
ESP | 6,5 |
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Svidler vs Navara
June 20 - 24, 2012
Prague, Czech Rep.
The winner of The World Cup 2011 and 6 times winner of Russia championship Peter Svidler (2741) will play against the best Czech chess player David Navara (2706)
4 games
Time control: 90 min / 40 moves, + 30 min till the end, + 30 s per move
Final score: Svidler - Navara: 3 - 1
Game 4 : Svidler - Navara : ½-½ ( English Opening )
Game 3: Navara - Svidler : 0-1 ( English counter King's Fianchetto )
Game 2 : Svidler - Navara : 1-0 ( Ruy Lopez - Berlin defence)
Game 1: Navara - Svidler : ½-½ ( Sicilian Maroczy )
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Women Grand Prix Kazan 2012
June 9 - 23, 2012
Kazan, Russia
Round robin system
12 players
Koneru ( IND ) won with 7,5 points.
Final round ( 11 )
Nadezhda Kosintseva - Anna Muzychuk : 0-1
Antoaneta Stefanova - Viktorija Cmilyte : ½-½
Keteryna Lahno - Tatiana Kosintseva : 0-1
Alexandra Kosteniuk - Betul Cemre Yildiz : 1-0
Alisa Galliamova - Humpy Koneru : 0-1
Hou Yifan - Elina Danielian : 1-0
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Tal Memorial
June 8 - 18 , 2012
Moscow,Russia
Average rating: 2777
Time control: 1 hour 40 minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes for 20 moves +
15 minutes before the end of the game with
30 seconds for each move, starting from the first move.
Carlsen (NOR) won with 5,5 pts.
Final round
Aronian, Levon - Caruana, Fabiano : 1-0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Radjabov, Teimour : ½-½
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Grischuk, Alexander : ½-½
McShane, Luke J - Carlsen, Magnus : 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander : ½-½
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Karpov vs. Seirawan
June 9 - 13 , 2012
Saint Louis ,USA
2 Classical, 2 rapid, 10 Blitz games.
Blitz games:Karpov - Seirawan: 6 - 4
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Tal Memorial Blitz
Moscow,Russia
3 minutes plus 2 seconds extra per move
Final standings
1. Morozevich, Alexander RUS 6½
2. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 6½
3. Grischuk, Alexander RUS 5½
4. Radjabov, Teimour AZE 5½
5. Aronian, Levon ARM 5
6. Nakamura, Hikaru USA 5
7. Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 3½
8. McShane, Luke J ENG 3
9. Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2½
10. Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2
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Women’s World Blitz Championship
June 4-5 , 2012
Batumi , Georgia
Blitz Swiss system, 15 rounds
Time control: 4 min + 2 seconds
50 players
Average rating: 2427
Gunina Valentina (RUS) won the title with 15 points.
Final Standings , top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Gunina Valentina |
RUS | 13 |
| 2- |
Zhukova Natalia |
UKR | 10.5 |
| 3- |
Muzychuk Mariya |
UKR | 10.5 |
| 4- |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
RUS | 10 |
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Bronshoj - GM - 2012
June 1-6 , 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
Average rating: 2441
10 players
Round robin ( 9 rounds )
Time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from move 1
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Mikkelsen Nikolaj |
DEN | 6.5 |
| 2- |
Danielsen Henrik |
ISL | 6 |
| 3- |
Andersen Mads |
DEN | 6 |
| 4- |
Hector Jonny |
SWE | 6 |
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Women’s World Rapid Championship
May 30 - June 3 , 2012
Batumi , Georgia
Rapid Swiss system, 11 rounds
Time control: : 25 min + 10 seconds
50 players
Average rating: 2427
Stefanova (Bulgaria) won the Women's World Rapid Championship.
Final standings , top 6
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
BUL | 8.5 |
| 2- |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
RUS | 8 |
| 3- |
Koneru Humpy |
IND | 8 |
| 4- |
Lahno Kateryna |
UKR | 8 |
| 5- |
Muzychuk Anna |
SLO | 7.5 |
| 6- |
Harika Dronavalli |
IND | 7.5 |
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World Chess Championship 2012
May 10 - 31 , 2012, Moscow, Russia
Anand Viswanathan ( IND ) - Gelfand Boris ( ISR )
Anand retained the World chess champion title after tie-break games: 2.5 - 1,5
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21st Annual Chicago Open
May 24 - 28 , 2012
Chicago , USA
Final Standings Open section
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Sargissian Gabriel |
ARM | 7 |
| 2- |
Hess Robert L |
USA | 6.5 |
| 3- |
Gelashvili Tamaz |
GEO | 6.5 |
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Asian Nations Chess Cup
May 17 - 26 , 2012
ZaoZhuang, China
Men: 14 teams, women: 10 teams
Average rating, men: 2231 , women: 2250
China are the winner of the men and women sections.
Final Round ( 9 ) - Men
China 1 - Mongolia. 3½ - ½
Iraq - India: 0 - 4
ChineseTaipei - China 2: 0 - 4
Hong Kong - Vietnam: 0 - 4
Iran - Kazakhstan: 3½ - ½
Yemen - Singapore: ½ - 3½
Korea - Indonesia: 1 - 3
Final Standings Men
| Rank |
Teams | Country | Points |
| 1- |
China-1 |
CHN | 17 |
| 2- |
India |
IND | 15 |
| 3- |
China 2 |
CHN 2 | 13 |
| 4- |
Vietnam |
VIE | 12 |
| 5- |
Iran |
IRI | 11 |
Final Standings Women top 4
| Rank |
Teams | Country | Points |
| 1- |
China-1 |
CHN | 18 |
| 2- |
China 2 |
IND | 14 |
| 3- |
India |
CHN 2 | 14 |
| 4- |
China 3 |
VIE | 11 |
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U.S. chess championship
May 7 - 20, 2012
St.Louis, The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
Nakamura won US championship title.
Men - Final Round (11 )
Nakamura, Hikaru - Seirawan, Yasser : 1-0
Hess, Robert L - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½
Ramirez, Alejandro - Lenderman, Aleksandr : 0-1
Robson, Ray - Stripunsky, Alexander : ½-½
Onischuk, Alexander - Shulman, Yuri : ½-½
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Akobian, Varuzhan : 0-1
Irina Krush won US Women's championship title after she beat Zatonskih in playoff rapid games: 2 - 0 .
Women - Final Round ( 9 )
Zatonskih and Krush will play tie break games on May 20th.
Zatonskih, Anna - Abrahamyan, Tatev :1-0
Kats, Alena - Goletiani, Rusudan : 0-1
Baginskaite, Camilla - Krush, Irina : 0-1
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - Zenyuk, Iryna : 0-1
Melekhina, Alisa - Ni, Viktorija : 0-1
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Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2012
May 9 - 16 , 2012
Malmö, Sweden
7 rounds
Caruana ( ITA ) won with 5.5 points.
Final round ( 7 ) :
Jonny Hector - Fabiano Caruana : 0-1
Nils Grandelius - Hans Tikkanen : ½-½
Chao Li - Peter Leko : 0-1
Emanuel Berg - Anish Giri : 0-1
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47th Capablanca Memorial
Elite group
May 3 - 14 , 2011
Havana , Cuba
Average rating: 2701
Double round robin tournament
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes to finish, plus
30 seconds per move from the first movement.
Ivanchuk won with 6.5 pts.
Final Round ( 10 )
Vladimir Potkin - Yuniesky Quesada : ½-½
Leinier Dominguez - Ian Nepomniachtchi : 1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk - Viktor Laznicka : ½-½
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Nakhchivan Open 2012, group A
April 28 - May 7 , 2012
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
47 players
Average rating: 2396
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1- |
Iordachescu Viorel |
MDA | 6.5 | 2592 |
| 2- |
Zhigalko Sergei |
BLR | 6.5 | 2580 |
| 3- |
Safarli Eltaj |
AZE | 6.5 | 2491 |
Tie Break: rating average of the opponents
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Norwegian Chess Festival 2012
April 28 - May 5, 2012
Hotel & Resort Fagernes ,Norway
9 rounds,
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1- |
Georgiev Vladimir |
MKD | 6.5 | 41 |
| 2- |
Hasangatin Ramil |
RUS | 6.5 | 40 |
| 3- |
Solodovnichenko Yuri |
UKR | 6.5 | 39 |
Tie break: Median Buccholz
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Italian Team Championship 2012
April 27 - May 1, 2012
Arvier, Italy
7 rounds,
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Teams | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Ob. Risarcimento Padova |
ITA | 13 |
| 2- |
Scavolini Datagest Pesaro |
ITA | 12 |
| 3- |
Chieti |
ITA | 9 |
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Lithuania championship
April 21 - 29 , 2012
Vilnius, Lithuania
9 rounds,
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Kveinys Aloyzas |
LTU | 6.5 |
| 2- |
Malisauskas Vidmantas |
LTU | 6 |
| 3- |
Beinoras Mindaugas |
LTU | 5.5 |
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French Rapid Grand-Prix - 2nd step
April 28-29 , 2012
Nancy, France
Quarter final :
Christian Bauer - Laurent Fressinet : 0-2
Tigran Gharamian - Andreï Istratescu : 0,5-1,5
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Vlad Tkachiev : 1,5-0,5
Etienne Bacrot - Sébastien Feller : 1,5-0,5
Semi final:
Laurent Fressinet - Andréi Istratescu : 1-1, Laurent Fressinet won on tie-break: 1,5-0,5
Etienne Bacrot - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave : 0-2
Final:
Laurent Fressinet - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-1
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won after tie-break games : 1,5-0,5
All 5 steps of Grand Prix FFE :
Paris - Le Port-Marly 7-8 janvier 2012
Nancy 28-29 avril 2012
Aix-les-Bains 21-22 juillet 2012
Tours - Villandry 6-7 octobre 2012
Finale à Ajaccio et Bastia 29 au 31 octobre 2012
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Kramnik vs Aronian
April 21 - 28 , 2012
Zurich, Switzerland.
6 games .
Final standing: 3 - 3
Game 6: Aronian - Kramnik : ½ - ½ ( Ruy Lopez Berlin defence )
Game 5: Kramnik - Aronian : ½ - ½ ( Semi-Slav )
Game 4: Aronian - Kramnik : ½ - ½ ( Ruy Lopez Berlin defence )
Game 3: Kramnik - Aronian : 1 - 0 ( 4 Knights Scotch )
Game 2: Aronian - Kramnik : ½ - ½ ( Ruy Lopez Berlin defence )
Game 1: Kramnik - Aronian : 0 - 1 ( Semi-Slav )
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Dubai Open
April 14-24 , 2012
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
160 players
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1- |
Ni Hua |
CHN | 7 | 20791 |
| 2- |
Jobava Baadur |
GEO | 7 | 20693 |
| 3- |
Mchedlishvili Mikheil |
GEO | 7 | 20457 |
| 4- |
Miezis Normunds |
LAT | 7 | 20334 |
| 5- |
Sandipan Chanda |
IND | 7 | 20274 |
Tie break: Sum of the ratings of the opponents (whithout one result)
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Iberoamericano de Ajedrez 2012
April 18-22 , 2012
Quito, Ecuador
Round robin,5 rounds,
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Salgado Lopez Ivan |
ESP | 3.5 |
| 2- |
Granda Zuniga Julio E |
PER | 3 |
| 3- |
Milos Gilberto |
BRA | 2.5 |
| 4- |
Bruzon Batista Lazaro |
CUB | 2.5 |
| 5- |
Leon Hoyos Manuel |
MEX | 2 |
| 6- |
Leitao Rafael |
BRA | 1.5 |
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Icelandic Championship 2012
April 13-23 , 2012
Kopavogur, Iceland
Round robin, 11 rounds,
time control: 90 mn /40 moves + 30 mn + 30s
Average rating: 2398
Players
Stefansson Hannes 2531
Danielsen Henrik 2504
Kristjansson Stefan 2500
Thorfinnsson Bragi 2421
Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2416
Thorhallsson Throstur 2398
Bjornsson Sigurbjorn 2393
Arngrimsson Dagur 2361
Kjartansson Gudmundur 2357
Gislason Gudmundur 2346
Kjartansson David 2305
Jensson Einar Hjalti 2245
Final Standings , top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Thorfinnsson Bragi |
ISL | 7.5 |
| 2- |
Thorhallsson Throstur |
ISL | 7.5 |
| 3- |
Arngrimsson Dagur |
ISL | 7 |
| 4- |
Danielsen Henrik |
ISL | 7 |
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12th Bangkok Chess Club Open
April 13-19 , 2012
Bangkok, Thailand,
135 players .
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Short Nigel D |
ENG | 8 |
| 2- |
Amonatov Farrukh |
TJK | 7 |
| 3- |
Nguyen Duc Hoa |
VIE | 7 |
| 4- |
Sriram Jha |
IND | 7 |
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19th Russian Team Championship 2012
April 9-15 , 2012
Sochi (Loo), Russia.
Round robin, 11 rounds,
time control: 90 mn /40 moves + 30 mn + 30s
Men:Average rating: 2538 ; Women : 2325
Women:Average rating: Women : 2325
7 rounds
Round robin
Tomsk - 400 won the tournament according to the better game point.
| Round 7: |
| St. Petersburg Chess Fed. | 3.0 - 3.0 | ShSM-64, Moscow |
| Tomsk - 400 | 4.0 - 2.0 | Polytechnik, Nizhniy Tagil |
| University, Belorechensk | 2.5 - 3.5 | Economist-SGSEU, Saratov |
| Ugra, Khanty-Mansiysk | 3.5 - 2.5 | Navigator, Moscow |
| EGU-Perspektiva, Lipetsk | 2.5 - 3.5 | Chigorin Chess Club, St. Petersburg |
| Orienta, Moscow | 3.5 - 2.5 | Nezhmetdinov Chess School, Kazan |
| Zhiguli, Samara Region | 4.0 - 2.0 | Kemerovo Region Chess School |
| DFU, Vladivostok | 2.0 - 4.0 | Atom, Desnogorsk |
| Rakita Chess Club, Belgorod Region | 5.0 - 1.0 | Belogorie, Belgorod Region |
13th Russian Team Championship - Women
Ladya, Kazan won with 11 points.
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Doeberl Cup Premier
April 5-9 , 2012 Hellenic Club, Canberra,
79 players for Doeberl Cup Premier + 3 other tournaments: Major, Minor and Under 1200s categories.
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Horvath Adam |
HUN | 7 |
| 2- |
Szabo Gergely-Andras |
ROU | 7 |
| 3- |
Vajda Levente |
ROU | 7 |
| 4- |
Rathnakaran K. |
IND | 7 |
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Portisch 75 rapid tournament
April 3-4 , 2012 Budapest, Hungary
The “Portisch 75” rapid tournament was organized to celebrate the birthday of the famous Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch who turned 75.
4 players
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Portisch Lajos |
HUN | 4 |
| 2- |
Ljubojevic Ljubomir |
SLO | 3.5 |
| 3- |
Hort Vlastimil |
GER | 3.5 |
| 4- |
Csom Istvan |
HUN | 1 |
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Chinese chess championship
March 26 - April 7 , 2012 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
12 players (men) - 12 players (women)
11 rounds .
Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 sec. per move
Ding won with 8 pts.
Final round
Zhao Jun - Lu Shanglei : 1-0
Yu Yangyi - Zhou Jianchao : 0-1
Bu Xiangzhi - Liu Qingnan : ½-½
Ni Hua - Ding Liren : ½-½
Wang Yue - Wang Chen : 1-0
Hou Yifan - Li Shilong : ½-½
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India vs Israel
April 2-4 , 2012
Delhi, India
3 Matches in this event and each match consist of 16 games in three formats (Blind Fold, Rapid & Blitz).
Each player will play 3 Blind Fold, 3 Rapid and 6 Blitz games.
Time control: 25 Minutes + 10 second increment for Blind Fold and Rapid events while Bltiz will have 3 minutes + 2 second increment.
Final result India - Israel : 29.5 - 18.5
Best players: Sasikiran ( India ) : 9.5 points.
Smirin ( Israel ) : 8 points
| INDIA | ISRAEL |
1.GM Sasikiran Krishnan
2.GM Abhijeet Gupta
3.GM Gopal G N
4.GM Adhiban B | 1.GM Ilia Smirin
2.GM Vitali Golod
3.GM Tal Baron
4.IM Gil Popilski |
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13th European Individual Chess Championship (Men) 2012
March 19 - April 1 , 2012
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
11 rounds,
350 players
23 players will qualify to the next World Cup.
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with
an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting
from move one.
The offer of draw is forbidden until the 40th move has been played.
Dmitry Jakovenko ( RUS ) became European Champion.
Final Standings, top 23
23 players are qualified for the next World Cup.
1- Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 8.5
2- Fressinet Laurent FRA 8.0
3- Malakhov Vladimir RUS 8.0
4- Andreikin Dmitry RUS 8.0
5- Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 8.0
6- Matlakov Maxim RUS 8.0
7- Bologan Viktor MDA 8.0
8- Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 8.0
9- Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 8.0
10- Azarov Sergei BLR 8.0
11- Najer Evgeniy RUS 8.0
12- Akopian Vladimir ARM 8.0
13- Volokitin Andrei UKR 8.0
14- Smeets Jan NED 8.0
15- Jones Gawain C B ENG 7.5
16- Vitiugov Nikita RUS 7.5
17- Bacrot Etienne FRA 7.5
18- Dreev Aleksey RUS 7.5
19- Kobalia Mikhail RUS 7.5
20- Khismatullin Denis RUS 7.5
21- Durarbeyli Vasif AZE 7.5
22- Riazantsev Alexander RUS 7.5
23- Jobava Baadur GEO 7.5
Final Round, top 20 boards
Jakovenko Dmitry - Fressinet Laurent : 1-0
Bologan Viktor - Malakhov Vladimir : ½-½
Inarkiev Ernesto - Vallejo Pons Francisco : ½-½
Andreikin Dmitry - Volokitin Andrei : ½-½
Azarov Sergei - Matlakov Maxim : ½-½
Kryvoruchko Yuriy - Caruana Fabiano : 1-0
Balogh Csaba - Vitiugov Nikita : ½-½
Sjugirov Sanan - Bacrot Etienne : ½-½
Khismatullin Denis - Jobava Baadur : ½-½
Dreev Aleksey - Ragger Markus : ½-½
Fridman Daniel - Efimenko Zahar : ½-½
Akopian Vladimir - Khalifman Alexander : 1-0
Berkes Ferenc - Ivanisevic Ivan : ½-½
Najer Evgeniy - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime : 1-0
Smeets Jan - Korobov Anton : 1-0
Georgiev Kiril - Khenkin Igor : ½-½
Kobalia Mikhail - Durarbeyli Vasif : ½-½
Khairullin Ildar - Riazantsev Alexander : 0-1
Navara David - Mchedlishvili Mikheil : ½-½
Volkov Sergey - Areshchenko Alexander : ½-½
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2012 European Women's Blitz Chess Championship
March 15-16 , 2012
Gaziantep, Turkey
Final standings, top 34
Gunina Valentina, winner of European Individual Women's Championship, won also the blitz championship.
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Gunina Valentina |
RUS | 15 |
| 2- |
Paehtz Elisabeth |
GER | 14.5 |
| 3- |
Dzagnidze Nana |
GEO | 13.5 |
| 4- |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
BUL | 13.5 |
Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich. Thanks to Turkish Chess Federation
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2012 European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship
March 15-16 , 2012
Gaziantep, Turkey
Final standings, top 3
Kosintseva Tatiana won the rapid chess championship.
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
RUS | 9 |
| 2- |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
RUS | 8.5 |
| 3- |
Paethz Elisabeth |
GER | 8.5 |
Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich. Thanks to Turkish Chess Federation
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6th International Tashkent Open, Memorial of Agzamov
March 5-15 , 2012
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Turov, Maxim |
RUS | 7 |
| 2- |
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil |
RUS | 7 |
| 3- |
Filippov, Anton |
UZB | 7 |
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Reykjavik Open 2012
March 6-13 , 2012
Reykjavik, Iceland
Average rating:2075
198 players
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Caruana Fabiano |
ITA | 7.5 |
| 2- |
Sokolov Ivan |
RUS | 7 |
| 3- |
Navara David |
SLO | 7 |
Players with the highest ratings
Caruana Fabiano ITA 2767
Navara David CZE 2700
Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2666
Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2664
Sokolov Ivan NED 2653
Hou Yifan CHN 2639
Hess Robert L USA 2635
Jones Gawain C B ENG 2635
Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2615
Baklan Vladimir UKR 2612
L'ami Erwin NED 2611
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European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2012
March 2 -13 , 2012
Gaziantep, Turkey
Average rating = 2250
103 players
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1- |
Gunina Valentina |
RUS | 8.5 | 2660 |
| 2- |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
RUS | 8.5 | 2649 |
| 3- |
Muzychuk Anna |
SLO | 8.5 | 2631 |
Tie-break: Performance Rating, the highest number wins;
Final Round (11), top 20 boards
GUNINA Valentina - MUZYCHUK Anna : 1-0
DZAGNIDZE Nana - KOSINTSEVA Tatiana : 0-1
LAHNO Kateryna - KHOTENASHVILI Bela : ½-½
DANIELIAN Elina - SEBAG Marie : ½-½
HOANG Thanh Trang - CMILYTE Viktorija : 0-1
KOSINTSEVA Nadezhda - JAVAKHISHVILI Lela : ½-½
STEFANOVA Antoaneta - BODNARUK Anastasia : 1-0
GAPONENKO Inna - POGONINA Natalija : 0-1
KOSTENIUK Alexandra - FOISOR Cristina-Adela : 1-0
PAEHTZ Elisabeth - GURAMISHVILI Sopiko : ½-½
MKRTCHIAN Lilit - KOVANOVA Baira : 0-1
USHENINA Anna - BULMAGA Irina : 1-0
KHURTSIDZE Nino - GORYACHKINA Aleksandra : 1-0
BATSIASHVILI Nino- ARABIDZE Meri : ½-½
MIKADZE Miranda - ZHUKOVA Natalia : 0-1
ROMANKO Marina - DWORAKOWSKA Joanna : 1-0
KURSOVA Maria - MELIA Salome : 0-1
SCHLEINING Zoya - MUZYCHUK Mariya : 1-0
GIRYA Olga - ZIAZIULKINA Nastassia : 1-0
SZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA Karina - MAMMADOVA Gulnar : 1-0
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Zagreb Open 2012
March 5 -12 , 2012
Zagreb, Croatia
9 rounds , swiss system
Average rating: 2411
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kozul Zdenko |
CRO | 7 |
| 2- |
Sulava Nenad |
CRO | 6.5 |
| 3- |
Palac Mladen |
CRO | 6 |
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The 28th International Open of Cappelle la Grande
March 3 -10 , 2012
Cappelle-la-Grande,France
9 rounds , swiss system
497 players
Time control: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for the first 40 moves then 30 minutes + 30 seconds per move for the rest of the game
Final standings, top 5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Harikrishna Pentala |
IND | 7 | 44.5 |
| 2- |
NegiI Parimarjan |
IND | 7 | 44 |
| 3- |
Sanikidze Tornike |
GEO | 7 | 43 |
| 4- |
Gharamian Tigran |
FRA | 7 | 42 |
| 5- |
Kravtsiv Martyn |
UKR | 7 | 40.5 |
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Batavia chess tournament
February 24 - March 4 , 2012
Cafe Batavia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Average rating = 2429, Category 8
Illner ( GER ) won the tournament with 7 points.
Final round (9)
Vandenbussche, Thibaut - Ernst, Sipke : 0-1
Illner, Achim - Arkell, Keith : ½-½
Van Kampen, Robin - Hebden, Mark : 0-1
Vedder, Richard - Klein, David : 0-1
Bosboom, Manuel - Ten Hertog, Hugo : 1-0
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10th International Meurth & Moselle Chess Festival
February 20 - 26 , 2012
Nancy, France
Tournament A: 6 players with average ELO 2635
5 standard + 5 rapid games
Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for
each move starting from the first move.
Romain Edouard (FRA) won the tournament with 6.5 points.
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ACP Women Cup Rapid
February 18 - 21, 2012
Tbilisi, Georgia
Average ELO: 2501
Participants:
GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2580
GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2557
GM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2537
GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2535
GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2523
GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2513
IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2506
GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2503
GM Chiburdanidze Maia GEO 2500
GM Cramling Pia SWE 2491
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2448
WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab AZE 2318
Dzagnidze won the tournament after the draw against Cramling in the sudden death tiebreak game. ( 5 minutes to Cramling, 4 minutes to Dzagnidze )
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1-2 |
Cramling Pia |
SWE | 8 |
| 1-2- |
Dzagnidze Nana |
GEO | 8 |
| 3- |
Lahno Kateryna |
UKR | 7.5 |
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Vladimir Petrov Memorial
February 18 - 19 , 2012
Latvia
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Morozevich Alexander |
RUS | 5 |
| 2- |
Shirov Alexei |
LAT | 4.5 |
| 3- |
Kovalenko Igor |
UKR | 4.5 |
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Bunratty Masters 2012
February 17 - 19 , 2012
Bunratty, Ireland
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Points |
| 1- |
Short, Nigel |
5 |
| 2- |
Adams, Michael |
5 |
| 3- |
Jones, Gawain C. |
5 |
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Aeroflot Open
February 6 - 17, 2012
Moscow, Russia
3 Open Tournaments and a Blitz Tournament
3 Open Tournaments: 9 rounds, swiss system
Tournament A 84 players
Final Round ( 9 ) - Top 10 boards
Korobov, Anton - Bartel, Mateusz : ½-½
Andreikin, Dmitry - Eljanov, Pavel : ½-½
Melkumyan, Hrant - Khalifman, Alexander : ½-½
Jobava, Baadur - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Safarli, Eltaj - Tomashevsky, Evgeny : ½-½
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Rodshtein, Maxim : 0-1
Alekseev, Evgeny - Shomoev, Anton : ½-½
Popov, Ivan - Bu, Xiangzhi : ½-½
Zhou, Jianchao - Ragger, Markus : ½-½
Fedoseev, Vladimir j - Iordachescu, Viorel : ½-½
Final standings, Group A , top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Bartel, Mateusz |
POL | 6,5 |
| 2- |
Korobov, Anton |
UKR | 6,5 |
| 3- |
Eljanov, Pavel |
UKR | 6,5 |
| 4- |
Khalifman, Alexander |
RUS | 6 |
Bartel won after tiebreak : more games played with black
Final standings, Tournament B ,top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Can, Emre |
TUR | 7,5 |
| 2- |
Wen, Yang |
CHN | 6,5 |
| 3- |
Shimanov, Aleksandr |
RUS | 6,5 |
Final standings, Tournament C ,top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Gilev, Sergey |
RUS | 7,5 |
| 2- |
Wen, Yang |
RUS | 7,5 |
| 3- |
Mikhailov, Dmitry |
RUS | 7 |
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Moscow Open 2012
January 28 - February 5, 2012
Moscow, Russia
RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2012 will consist of nine individual tournaments:
-Tournament A - National Cup stage among men
-Tournament B – National Cup stage among women
- Tournament C – RSSU Amateur Chess Cup
- Tournament D – RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup (men)
- Tournament E - RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup (women)
- Tournament F – RSSU Student Cup
- Tournament G – RSSU School Champions Cup
- Tournament H – RSSU School Leavers Cup
- Tournament I – The fifth World Chess Problem Solving Cup
Tournament A ( Average ELO = 2394)
Final standings,Men top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Lysyj Igor |
RUS | 7,5 |
| 2- |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
RUS | 7 |
| 3- |
Kokarev Dmitry |
RUS | 7 |
| 4- |
Eliseev Urii |
RUS | 7 |
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Turkish Chess Championships
January 29 - February 5, 2012
Kemer, Antalya, Turkey
10 rounds
Swiss system
Time control: 90 mn + 30 mn after 40th move + 30 sec increment for each move .
Men: 309 players
Women: 69 players
Final standings,Men top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Solak Dragan |
TUR | 8,5 |
| 2- |
Erdogdu Mert |
TUR | 8 |
| 3- |
Firat Burak |
TUR | 8 |
Final standings, Women top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Öztürk Kübra |
TUR | 8,5 |
| 2- |
Yildiz Betül Cemre |
TUR | 8,5 |
| 3- |
Arig Büsra |
TUR | 6,5 |
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Tata steel chess 2012 ( Wijk aan Zee )
January 13 - 29 , 2012
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Three main groups with 14 players each.
Round robin system.
Grandmaster Group A : Average rating : 2755
Category : 21
Group B : Average rating : 2603
Category : 15
Group C : Average rating : 2454
Category : 9
The time control is: 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves,
then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for
each move starting from the first move.
Aronian won with 9 pts.
Final round (13) View all games
Kamsky, Gata - Topalov, Veselin : 1-0
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus : ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Nakamura, Hikaru : ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karjakin, Sergey : ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Radjabov, Teimour : ½-½
Caruana, Fabiano - Gelfand, Boris : 1-0
Giri, Anish - Navara, David : ½-½
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Gibraltar Masters ( Gibraltar Chess Festival )
January 24 - February 2, 2012
Gibraltar,
Masters (Open to all): 24 January - 2 February (10-round Swiss, FIDE rated)
Challengers A (Under 2250): 23 January - 27 January (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)
Challengers B (Under 2250): 28 January - 1 February (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)
Amateurs A (Under 1800): 23 January - 27 January (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)
Amateurs B (Under 1800): 28 January - 1 February (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)
Time control: 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 20 moves in 50 minutes plus 15 minutes for all remaining moves with 30 seconds per move added from the start.
Masters tournament: 256 players
Top players:
1 Svidler Peter RUS 2749
2 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2747
3 Adams Michael ENG 2724
4 Almasi Zoltan HUN 2717
5 Le Quang Liem VIE 2714
6 Polgar Judit HUN 2710
7 Shirov Alexei LAT 2710
8 Laznicka Viktor CZE 2704
9 Sutovsky Emil ISR 2703
10 Movsesian Sergei ARM 2700
11 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2700
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2012 Queenstown International
January 15 - 23, 2012
Queenstown, New Zealand
9 rounds
Swiss system
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1- |
Johansen Darryl K |
AUS | 7,5 | 7 |
| 2- |
Li Chao B |
CHN | 7,5 | 6 |
| 3- |
Zhao Jun |
CHN | 7,5 | 6 |
Tie Break: The greater number of victories
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72nd Armenian Championship
January 11-21, 2012,
Yerevan, Armenia
Round robin
Men : 11 players ; Average ELO: 2565
Women : 11 players ; Average ELO: 2128
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Petrosian Tigran L |
ARM | 7 |
| 2- |
Hovhannisyan Robert |
ARM | 6,5 |
| 3- |
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel |
ARM | 6 |
Players - Men
Petrosian Tigran L 2636
Andriasian Zaven 2624
Grigoryan Avetik 2621
Melkumyan Hrant 2620
Pashikian Arman 2608
Hovhannisyan Robert 2589
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2569
Minasian Artashes 2525
Grigoryan Karen H 2482
Babujian Levon 2474
Simonian Hrair 2470
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French Grand Prix FFE
Rapid Chess - French Grand Prix series : dates & venues of 4 Grand Prix and Final
"Pyramides" de Port-Marly, 7-8 January
Nancy, 28-29 April
Aix-les-Bains, 21-22 July
Villandry, 6-7 October
Final in Bastia
First step on 7-8 January
8 January: 7 qualified players and Laurent Fressinet, France champion 2010, continue to challenge in knock out system tournament.
time control: 15 minutes + 3 seconds per move.
Maxime Vachier Lagrave won the first Grand Prix FFE.
Final
Alexandr Fier - Maxime Vachier Lagrave : 0,5-1,5
Semi final
Etienne Bacrot - Alexandr Fier : 0-2
Laurent Fressinet - Maxime Vachier Lagrave : 0,5-1,5
Quarter final
Alberto David - Etienne Bacrot : 1,5-2,5
Tigran Gharamian - Maxime Vachier Lagrave : 0,5-1,5
Pavel Tregubov - Alexandr Fier : 0,5-1,5
Andreï Istratescu - Laurent Fressinet : 0,5-1,5
7 January: Open, 9 rounds,
time control: 15 minutes + 3 seconds per move.
148 players
Qualified players after 9 rounds
1- VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2699 7½ points
2- DAVID Alberto 2598 7½
3- BACROT Etienne 2704 7
4- ISTRATESCU Andrei 2628 7
5- GHARAMIAN Tigran 2676 7
6- TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2599 7
7- FIER Alexandr 2603 7
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Reggio Emilia 2011
December 27, 2011 - January 6, 2012
Reggio Emilia, Italia
Average ELO: 2744
Double round robin system
Giri (NED)won the tournament thanks to the defeats of Morozevich and Nakamura.
Final round View all games
Giri, Anish - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nakamura, Hikaru: 1-0
Vitiugov, Nikita - Morozevich, Alexander: 1-0
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Donostia Chess Festival
December 28, 2011 - January 5, 2012
San Sebastian, Spain
Knock out system
The aniversary tournament is played in order to commemorate the legendary chess tournaments organised in San Sebastian in 1911 and 1912.
Each player will play each round 2 simultaneous games, one with white pieces and
the other with black pieces
Time control: 2 hours for all moves + 30 seconds per move.
Tie-breaks will consist of 2 simultaneous games at a rate of 15 minutes + 10 sec/move (Fischer).
If the result is 1-1, another 2 simultaneous games will be played at a rate of 5 minutes + 3 sec/move (Fischer).
If the result is 1-1 a “Simultaneous Armaggedon” will be played: one player will have white on both boards and 6 minutes on his clock. The player with black will have 5 minutes on his clock. In case of 1-1, the player with black will go on to the next round.
Players in bold went on to the next round. Final on January 5th,2012
Volokitin ( UKR ) won the tournament.
Final
Volokitin, Andrei - Laznicka, Viktor : 2 - 0
Semi final
Laznicka, Viktor - Moiseenko, Alexander : 2,5 - 1,5 ( 1-1; tie break 15mn : 1,5 - 0,5 )
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Volokitin, Andrei : 0,5 - 1,5
Quarter final
Gashimov, Vugar - Laznicka, Viktor : 0,5 - 1,5
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Dominguez Perez, Leinier : 1 - 3 ( 1-1; tie break 15mn :0-2)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Volokitin, Andrei : 0,5 - 1,5
Moiseenko, Alexander - Bacrot, Etienne : 4,5 - 3,5 ( 1-1; tie break 15mn : 2-2 ; Armageddon: 1,5 - 0,5 )
Round 4
Gashimov, Vugar - Landa, Konstantin: 4 - 2 (2-2 ; tie break 15mn :2-0)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Granda Zuniga, Julio E: 0 - 2
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Feller, Sebastien : 4 - 2 (2-2 ; tie break 15mn :2-0)
Moiseenko, Alexander - Miton, Kamil: 1,5 - 0,5
Bacrot, Etienne - Maze, Sebastien : 1,5 - 0,5
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Volokitin, Andrei : 1 - 3
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Fressinet, Laurent: 3 - 1
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Laznicka, Viktor: 1 - 3
Round 3
Gashimov, Vugar - Izeta Txabarri, Felix: 2 - 0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Libiszewski, Fabien : 3 - 1 (after tie break 15mn :2-0)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Franco Alonso, Alejandro: 1,5 - 0,5
Moiseenko, Alexander - Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.: 1,5 - 0,5
Bacrot, Etienne - San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo: 2 - 0
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Shchekachev, Andrei: 1,5 - 0,5
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Stefanova, Antoaneta: 1,5 - 0,5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Alsina Leal, Daniel: 1,5 - 0,5
Laznicka, Viktor - Mullon, Jean-Baptiste: 2 - 0
Fressinet, Laurent - Kunin, Vitaly: 1,5 - 0,5
Volokitin, Andrei - Strikovic, Aleksa : 1,5 - 0,5
Van Wely, Loek - Maze, Sebastien : 1,5 - 2,5 (after tie break 15mn :0,5-1,5)
Gharamian, Tigran - Miton, Kamil : 1,5 - 2,5 (after tie break 15mn :0,5-1,5)
Feller, Sebastien - Fedorchuk, Sergey A.: 2,5 - 1,5 (after tie break 15mn :1,5-0,5)
Cheparinov, Ivan - Granda Zuniga, Julio E :0,5 - 1,5
Bauer, Christian - Landa, Konstantin:0,5 - 1,5
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